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\"2009-04-26_fort-ruby-tools\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2008,\u00a0shortly after she began talking, Steve and I started\u00a0capturing Ruby’s\u00a0funny quotes in a Twitter account (@areyoubewhy<\/a> if you’d like to follow it). I posted early tweets about Ruby in<\/a> previous<\/a> posts<\/a>, and am now catching back up. Here are the rest from 2009 – all are her exact words.<\/p>\n

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Did you know? The sun is in space!<\/td>\n3\/26\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I got to go on a bike ride with Papa! I liked the freeway noise when we were on the bike.<\/td>\n3\/30\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’m the blocker. I block people. I’m blocking you!<\/td>\n3\/30\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’m not rock ‘n roll. I’m Ruby.<\/td>\n4\/4\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mama should change me because she’s beautiful and you’re not.<\/td>\n4\/9\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When I grow up, I wanna be a teacher.<\/td>\n4\/9\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I don’t have any patience.<\/td>\n4\/12\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I really like purple things, cuz that’s my favorite color.<\/td>\n4\/15\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parts of the body are ON YOU. Bones are on you. Bones are in your mouth.<\/td>\n4\/16\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I once celebrated my birthday and I like balloons.<\/td>\n4\/17\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I dreamed about baconnaise.<\/td>\n4\/23\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ham makes me run around!<\/td>\n4\/28\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I wish I lived in Toronto with Aunt Ni.<\/td>\n5\/1\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I like your haircut. It shows your forehead.<\/td>\n5\/2\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cold tigers say “BRRR!” [ed note: this is a pun on “GRRR.”]<\/td>\n5\/5\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mama, I’m Batman. What does Batman do?<\/td>\n5\/12\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’m going to climb higher than you want me to!<\/td>\n5\/24\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This screw represents the building that I’m making.<\/td>\n5\/30\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I grow when I get undressed. I get bigger.<\/td>\n6\/3\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I didn’t want lots because I’m not in lots mode. Sometimes I’m not in lots mode.<\/td>\n6\/7\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The green monster upstairs doesn’t have a tongue. I don’t know his name. He’s in the shelf, in the corner.<\/td>\n6\/9\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oong Goong Goong’s on her trip, that I telled you. And she’s flying a really long way. She actually has a big, big airplane.<\/td>\n6\/14\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oong Goong Goong is Manoa. I call people all different names.<\/td>\n6\/22\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Firecrackers are SO LOUD. They’re like somebody yelling.<\/td>\n6\/29\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Life is boring. It really is boring.<\/td>\n7\/15\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Beastie Boys are my favorite. The Beastie Boys seem so sweet.<\/td>\n7\/18\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It’s so fun to ride the train. And they have big windows. I like to look at the train tracks.<\/td>\n7\/18\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How do you play “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad” on this drum?<\/td>\n8\/3\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eeeeew! Smurf berries: eeeeew!<\/td>\n8\/9\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’m just an anchor. I’m stopping the boat. I’m stopping the boat. I’m stopping the boat.<\/td>\n8\/16\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Even after I die, I’ll still be happy.<\/td>\n8\/16\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It’s getting hotter and hotter. I can do all of my voices. I have lots of voices when it’s hot enough.<\/td>\n8\/17\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When I’m a grownup, I wanna operate a bridge. I want a bridge operating lesson. I want to see all the boats going in the water.<\/td>\n8\/20\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is my lemon face. And this is also my lime face.<\/td>\n8\/30\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Now I know my A B Cs, next time you should wash your hands.<\/td>\n9\/3\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I keep the pleases and the thank yous in my belly, and also the love. You just have to squeeze them out.<\/td>\n9\/8\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who knows the sign for “shake your body”?<\/td>\n9\/10\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You’re getting old, Mama.<\/td>\n9\/14\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Papa, tell me about the robots on other planets.<\/td>\n9\/23\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Know how fast I can run? Super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super fast.<\/td>\n9\/29\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’m a math lizard! We should do some math. I like math.<\/td>\n10\/3\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We’re going to Canaderdada!<\/td>\n10\/10\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My name is Farty Pants. Excuse me.<\/td>\n10\/14\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My bat doesn’t have a face. The daytime gives him eyes. My bat is awake all day and asleep all night.<\/td>\n10\/16\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We can listen to the quiet rain!<\/td>\n10\/17\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Please don’t take my sunshine away, punk rock girl. Punk rock girl takes the sunshine away.<\/td>\n10\/17\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My kisses soak into your skin.<\/td>\n10\/18\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sometimes, when I’m mad I say “damp!” But it doesn’t count.<\/td>\n10\/19\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I want to go in the mirror so I can see what my sad face looks like.<\/td>\n10\/23\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flunderpants!<\/td>\n10\/27\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I love to do Rock Band! I wanna be the guitar.<\/td>\n11\/1\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mama, can there be cheeseballs? Are cheeseballs dessert?<\/td>\n11\/3\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Papa, what is time?<\/td>\n11\/4\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve got two talking babies in my mouth.<\/td>\n11\/17\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mama, we’re poisonous snakes who buy things.<\/td>\n11\/23\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I don’t like capital ‘i’s. And when I say that it makes me think of the eyes I see with.<\/td>\n11\/24\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’m going to have two dreams tonight. One is a fishy dream and one is a phone dream. And I’m not very good at drawing numbers.<\/td>\n11\/24\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I love you, sunshine out there.<\/td>\n11\/27\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oong Goonggoong is at Papa’s house. She’s looking for bad guys. Once you see her, she’ll get more used to you. She’ll love you.<\/td>\n12\/1\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I brang Ruby back to the store and now I’m Sleeping Beauty.<\/td>\n12\/3\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I don’t want to be a scientist. I want to be a math person. What’s three plus three?<\/td>\n12\/6\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mama I’m Oong Goonggoong. I AM. I just like to be names. I’m still the same person, but I changed my name, but I have the same kind of hair.<\/td>\n12\/6\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Five plus zero is five. Ten plus zero is ten. Red plus zero is red.<\/td>\n12\/9\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shake it baby, shake it, yeah, shake it, alright baby shake it, yeah, shake it alright.<\/td>\n12\/9\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oong Goonggoong and me are parents now, and we have a grownup PEPS to go to every day. They have beds there and you can sleep there.<\/td>\n12\/14\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I wish I had a flamethrower.<\/td>\n12\/18\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mama, today on the solstice I have a big wondering, about the stars and lullabies and everything that’s at night.<\/td>\n12\/22\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nana, you should make a baby.<\/td>\n12\/24\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No, that was a WINTERsault. It’s too cold for somersaults.<\/td>\n12\/28\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When I grow up I’m going to be a super builder. I’m going to be building and creating. I’m going to be busy every day.<\/td>\n12\/31\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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